00:00Screen and stage actor Tim Curry has died at the age of 80. His range on stage
00:06and screen extended from the lovable oddball to the darkly villainous with
00:11everything in between.
00:18Perhaps best known for his role as the flamboyant Dr. Frankenfurter in the
00:22Rocky Horror Picture Show, or the chilling Pennywise in the screen adaptation of
00:27Stephen King's It, and the swashbuckling traitor Long John Silver in The Muppets
00:32Treasure Island.
00:33Long John Silver, at your humble service.
00:37On stage he was notably a member of the original West End cast of Hair in 1968, he
00:43went on to play Mozart in the Broadway transfer of Armideus in 1980, and King
00:48Arthur in the Broadway production of Monty Python's Spamalot in 2005.
00:53Sorry, didn't mean to frighten anyone.
00:55You're a bit late for that!
00:57His performances earned cult followings in the 1985 murder mystery comedy Clue, and in
01:02the 1992 sequel Home Alone 2 Lost in New York.
01:08This is the concierge, sir.
01:11In 2012, Curry suffered a major stroke that required surgery and left him in a wheelchair.
01:17Curry's manager Marsha Hurwitz confirmed he had died peacefully at home in Los Angeles.
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